CSMGEP: Mary Lopez

Dr. Mary Lopez is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Occidental College in Los Angeles, where she specializes in immigration and immigration policy, Latino entrepreneurship, and economic inequality. She is also a policy expert at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative. Dr. Lopez received her PhD in Economics from the University of Notre Dame in 2003. Since then, she has published numerous articles on immigration policy and its consequences for immigrants, their families, and communities. She is a member of the American Society for Hispanic Economists and the American Economic Association.